WELFARE AND FAMILIES IN EUROPE

the long version

"The primary focus of this work is the relationship between family, work and the welfare system. Focusing on Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, the study draws comparisons between societies which represent different types of welfare mix between state, market and civil society. Three important issues in the transformation of the European welfare state systems are considered: The conditions for social citizenship in European welfare states and how they have changed in relation to family and work; changes in the provision of social welfare and how they have affected the interrelationship between the welfare state, the market and civil society; the impacts of constraints on public expenditure and the financing of the welfare state."--Jacket.